Gus Pedersen
Gustav Pedersen Fine Woodworking
3042 Route 32
Saugerties, NY 12477
Studio #11
After serving in the US Submarine service as a periscope photographer and a career as a computer engineer, Gus sailed off on his sailboat to see the world. So it’s no surprise that his designs are firmly rooted in engineering and science with a flair for adventure. He has now settled down in Saugerties, and designs and builds award-winning custom furniture that is unique and visually appealing. He is moving into wooden sculptures that highlight the natural grains of exotic woods.
Ellen Perantoni
47 Goat Hill Road
Saugerties, NY 12477
www.artwanted.com/EllenPerantoni
Studio #26
“I paint the Hudson Valley landscape in oil, much as the original Hudson River School masters did. I strive to capture every nuance of its changeable and dramatic beauty, and I hope to share it with you on Saugerties Art Tour weekend.”
Tad Richard
Opus 40
50 Fite Road
Saugerties, NY 12477
Studio #30
Tad Richards has been intrigued for some years now with the possibilities of the computer as a tool for drawing and painting. He has developed the technique of 21st Century Pointillism, turning the inefficiencies of Microsoft Paint into unexpected virtues. Some of his black and white computer drawings have been collected into two books, “Film Noir” and “Film Noir 2.” Recently, he has been exploring the possibilities of creating art on the iPad.
Jacquie Roland
12 Charles Rothe Road
Saugerties, NY 12477
Studio #25
Jacquie Roland is a realist painter and assemblagest. Past lives include Art Director, actor, jingle writer, photographer and clown. Multi-talented and daring, her artwork has appeared in galleries, and a Uma Thurman film as well as a 6’x30′ assemblage installed in Kingston.
Susan Sammis Goldson
26 Montague Lane
Saugerties, NY 12477
Studio #8
A skilled photographer, Susan Sammis Goldson will feature a new series of work during the tour focusing on trees. In this collection of images Susan has captured the relationship between trees and people as a reflection of the planet that we share.
Jeff Schiller
437 Fishcreek Road
Saugerties, NY 12477
Studio #38
“Come visit my studio and you will see a body of work that spans 50 years to current work in progress. Metal sculpture is displayed in my studio and sculpture garden.”
Istar Schwager
1247 Church Road
Saugerties, NY 12477
Studio #29
Istar Schwager’s playful multi-media collages create visual adventures out of a range of materials — including items we often overlook. People have said that seeing her imaginative use of objects changes the way they see the everyday world. In addition to showing new work on the Saugerties Artists Studio Tour, 17 collages of her collages are on display at the Saugerties Public Library through August.
Prue See
38 Valley Street
Saugerties, NY 12477
Studio #1
Prue See paints places. Places with deep historical roots are her favorites, like Cornwall, England; Saugerties; and Shrewsbury, Vermont. She’s currently working on paintings relating to her visit this spring to North Wales in the United Kingdom. You can visit these places too through the images she has created in her Saugerties studio, as well as explore her other diverse paintings, prints and illustrations.
Vioica Stan
100 High Woods Road
Saugerties, NY 12477
www.morrisstanstudio.synthasite.com
Studio #35
Viorica Stan is showing experimental black and white photographs and photograms that use light as a “painterly” tool to evoke nature’s mysterious beauty. She has also recently delved into painting and mixed media art that engage the viewer in contemplating on the nature of art and its various applications.
Raymond J. Steiner
16 Fite Road
Saugerties, NY 12477
Studio #31
Writer, art critic and editor of ART TIMES, Raymond J. Steiner’s avocation is painting in oil. Restricting himself primarily to the palette knife, his Hudson Valley motifs are less “representational” than personal impressions of the landscape.
Tim Sweet
645 Route 212
Saugerties, NY 12477
Studio #21
Born in Anchorage Alaska and having lived in New York City for 13 years, Tim Sweet is a multidisciplinary designer and artist influenced by the sounds and sunsets over vast green worlds and industrial architecture. Tim’s craft embraces materials from textiles to steel, light, pattern and sound to create environments for utility and aesthetics.
Jan Wallen
Jan Wallen Studio
3042 Rt. 32
Saugerties, NY 12477
Studio #12
Jan has always been inspired by places she’s lived and traveled to around the world. Now in the Hudson Valley, her creative side is blossoming, and she’s painting more than ever. Each painting highlights the beauty that’s all around us in our busy world that’s full of technology – flowers, cityscapes and more. You’ll see Jan’s paintings on display at the Mezzaluna Café and Opus 40, and in her bright airy studio, plus demonstrations of watercolor in action
Carol Zaloom
302 High Falls Road
Saugerties, NY 12477
Studio #17
Carol Zaloom makes hand-colored linocuts whose imagery is inspired by Paleolithic cave paintings, Japanese woodblock prints, the pre-Raphaelites, and the forests, mountains, flora and fauna of the Hudson Valley. She lives in a house built in 1852 by an Irish quarry worker, which also housed a WPA muralist in the 1930s.
Matthew Zappala
10 High Woods Road
Saugerties, NY 12477
Studio #33
“My woodcut collages are created by cutting and pasting different pieces of my own prints. By using the collage technique I can experiment with a greater variety of possibilities. The end product is a new singular work of art that has the visual look of a woodcut.”
